Jewelry construction



June 14, 1932.

w. SILVERMAN ET AL 1,862,710

JEWELRY CONSTRUCTION Filed July 51, 1951 Patented June 14, 1 932 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE JEWELRY CON STRUG'IION Application filed July 31,

Our present invention relates to jewelry for personal use, and hasparticular reference tokthe construction of signet rings and the li e.

It has been found that signet rings, particularly of the type providedwith settings for holding gems or other ornaments, require a largeamount of precious metal when made solid, and are heavy. While ringshave been made of hollow construction to remedy these disadvantages,their manufacture requires many different and expensive dies, and thedesigns cannot be changed or modified without expensive changes.Moreover, rings made of separate parts to facilitate assembly lackstrength because proper support to withstand strains is difficult toprovide.

Our invention therefore has for its objects the devising of a ringconstruction of hollow formation with will simulate the appearance of asolid massive ring, which utilizes parts that are easily struck orstamped into shape and assembled, which permits ready change in designwithout expensive or costly tool changes, and which is exceptionallystrong and sturdy.

With these and other objects and advantageous features in view, ourinvention resides in a novel ring construction, in novel parts therefor,and in a novel method of assembly of these parts, more fully disclosedin the detailed description following, in conjunction with theaccompanying drawing, and more particularly defined in the appendedclaims.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a view of the novel ring in perspective;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the beze therefor;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the setting, partly broken away;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a hollow shoulder;

Figs. 5 and 6 are respectively perspective views of the bar sectionbefore and after flattening of the ends, preparatory to bending inarcuate form; and

Fig. 7 is a perspective View, partly broken away, of a modified form ofbezel.

1931. Serial No. 554,178.

It has been found desirable to utilize a hollow construction for signetrings and the like, by securing the ends of an arcuate band ofhomogeneous metal to a tray-shaped bezel, the bezel having a settingsecured to the top thereof, and securing hollow shoulders to the sidesof the bezel and the ends of the arcuate band to form completely closedhollow chambers. This construction provides a perfect simulation of asolid ring, and is extremely strong and rigid; and the followingdetailed description discloses a preferred formation of parts and apreferred manufacturing assembly therefor.

' Referring to the drawing, the ring 10 includes a bezel 11 of generallytray-form, having two sides 12 of rectangular form and two sides 13having straight upper edges and arcuate lower edges, an annular interiorshoulder 14 being provided to present a smooth surface to the ringfinger.

A setting 15, shown in Fig. 3, is provided, and includes a hollowrectangular base 16 having an upright flange 17, and a hollowrectangular stone or ornament support 18 which may be formed integralwith the base, but preferably is stamped out of sheet metal and solderedto the base at the lower end of the flange 17.

An arcuate band 19, see Fig. 1, is formed by cutting metal stock intobars 20 of suitable length such as shown in Fig. 5, flattening the twoends to provide blanks having center portions 21 and substantiallytriangular end portions 22, joined to the center portions with sharptransverse ridges 23 between, and then bending the blanks into thearcuate band form shown in Fig. l.

The ends of the arcuate band being secured to the sides 12 of the bezel,as by soldering, hollow shoulders 24, see Fig. 4, are then secured tothe bezel and band. These shoulders are stamped out of sheet metal withfaces 25 of any suit-able design, the sides 26 being generallytriangular, with the lower edges of the sides arcuat-e to fit the endportions 22 of the band. The shoulders are designed to cover the endportions and extend slightly over the ridges 23, the upper edges of theface and sides being secured as by soldering to the setting if desired,the bezel maybe Ofthe type indicated at 28 in Fig. 7, with the innerannular shoulder 29 provided with a vertical flange 30. v

Each element of the novel construction has been formed to ensuresimplicity in'manufacture, strength, and rigidity. T hus,'the use ofa-separate hollow rectrngu-lar ornament support 18 soldered to thesetting base, facilitates manufacture, and provides greater strength bypermitting use of supports of different widths. The band constructioneliminates soldering of separate-band parts, and provides a very sturdyhomogeneous finger like, a bezel, an arcuate band secured at its ends tothe bezel ends, and shoulder pieces mounted at the junctions of saidbezel and said band to form completely closed hollow chambers with saidbezel and said band ends.

5. I11 a construction for a finger ring or the like, a bezel, anarcuate-band secured at its ends :to the bezel ends, and shoulder pieceshaving side walls and forming completely closed hollow chambers withsaid bezel and saidband ends.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures.

\VILLIAM SILVERMAN.

MAURICE CONSTANTINE.

band. The securing of the shoulder pieces I tothe bezel and the ends ofthe band provides a closed chamber construction of maximum strength andrigidity, and permits ready and inexpensive changes in design, asvariation of design is obtained by substituting different shoulders.

While we have described preferred types of ringelements and apreferredmanner of assembly, such changesin form and arrangement of theparts and in the-manner of assembly may be used as are found desirable,

within the spirit and the scope of the invention as defined in theappended claims.

' We claim:

1. In a construction for a finger ring or the like, a bezel member, anarcuate band member secured at'its ends to the bezel member, and

shoulders mounted at the junction of said members and secured to bothsaid members, whereby completely closed hollow chambers are formed.

2; In a construction for a finger ring or the like, a bezel member, anarcuate band member having flattened endport-ions, said end portionsbeing secured toopposite sides of said bezel member, and hollow shoulderpieces having their edges secured to saidopposite sides of said bezelmember and to saidflat;

1 tened end por io 3: In a construction for a-fingerring or'the like, abezel member, an arcuate band member "having flattened end portions,separated from f the remainder of the band by transverse ridges, saidend portions being secured 'to opposite sides ofsaid bezel member, andhollow shoulder'pieces havlng their edges secured to and to the bandmember adjacent said ridges. l. Ina construction for a finger'rmg or thei said opposite sides ofsaid bezel-member and 1 tothe side edges ofsaidflattened end portions

